iron and vitamin supplements?

Is anyone's premature baby out there on Poly Visol supplement? My LO is having a lot of gas and discomfort associated with this supplement. She is taking her expressed breastmilk with the vitamin and then shortly after making this horrible (gas) discomfort noises and arching her back in pain. (This only happens after her supplement.) To top things off, she is a very difficult burper.

Does anyone have any other vitamin or vitamin with iron recommendations?

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My LO has been on poly-vi-sol with iron since the NICU because he was severely anemic. It used to bother him a LOT (on top of having horrible reflux), but he's 9.5 mos old now and it doesn't seem to phase him.

Out LO is also on the poly-vi-sol and has been since the NICU. She was on separate iron for the anemia, but we recently bought the poly-vi-sol with iron and figured it would be the same as giving it separately. From the other post, it doesn't sound like it?

Yeah definitely don't give it on it's own if your LO is still young.. it causes apnea/bradys/desats sometimes - mainly because the baby has such an aversion to the taste of it they just freak out.

Isaic was on Poly-vi-sol with iron since the NICU as well. It used to give him terrible gas and constipation. He really did seem miserable on it. Now it doesn't seem to phase him. I just think it's something they grow out of.

Good luck.

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Gina

Mom to Isaic (2-24-08 at 28 weeks 6 days 2lbs 4oz)

Baby #2 is on the way. Due may 8, 2010!!! (Secretly hoping for PINK!!!